Flash Annual #3

The cover of this 2014 New 52 annual poses a genuinely unsettling question right on its face: "Why does the Fastest Man Alive want to kill Barry Allen??" — and the imagery delivers on that tension with a dark-suited, electricity-crackling speedster charging forward while a red-costumed Flash and chaotic battle scenes swirl behind him. Brett Booth's pencils and Norm Rapmund's inks crackle with kinetic energy, making this oversized $4.99 issue feel like a serious escalation for the Scarlet Speedster. With Robert Venditti, Van Jensen, Ron Frenz, and Brett Booth all contributing to "Slip," there's plenty of creative firepower behind whatever confrontation this cover is promising.